Beyond The Sprues
General Category => Market Place => New Model Kit News/Reviews => Topic started by: GTX_Admin on March 23, 2019, 03:41:53 AM
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New company I wasn't aware of. This is their first release:
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Review (https://dnmodels.com/all/border-sd-kfz-161-panzer-iv-2-in-1/)
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Oh look another Panzer IV
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T-34 MEXAS. ;D
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T-34 MEXAS. ;D
Good call Moritz!
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Hmmm...I read T-34 MEXAS and think Mexican Army T-34... ;)
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Ooh, goody! 8)
Hope I can get one from BNA soon! Been wanting a Crusader III for a while, now! :D
Only question is "When will someone do a full interior for it?" With the hatches open there's a LOT visible inside that tank.
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Well Its a hell of a start on the Crusader line. The Mk 1/MkII had heaps more produced. Although there is really nothing fundamentally too wrong with the Italeri offerings.
But.. elephant in the room... still no Daimler Armoured Car.
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two new 1/35 kits coming:
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The 1/35 Bf109 is already getting some "flak" on LSP and a couple of other sites. I can understand the hate if the scale had been 1/48...
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I'd guess that most of the "flak" is related to the scale.
However, I can see where Border Models, & a few others who are producing 1/35 aircraft, are coming from. Their target market isn't the traditional 1/32 aircraft modellers, it's the 1/35 armour modellers, who now have aircraft in the correct scale to set in dioramas with their vehicles. Plus, if they want to do an aircraft diorama, they don't have to source relatively rare 1/32 figures to go with them.
Compared to the 1/35 armour market, the 1/32 aircraft market is tiny, so producing aircraft in the more popular scale ain't a stupid business move.
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According to the FB posts, this appears to be a Hot Pork Bun fight over the new Leopard kit. RFM is Rye Field Models.
This post has since been deleted but here is screen shot. The Internet is forever.
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Yeah, that was... :icon_surprised: ....something else.
And then Trumpeter is all "nice bonfire you have here. Would be a shame if someone poured some gasoline on it!" ;D
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LINK (https://www.facebook.com/TrumpeterModel/photos/a.103538733138062/1905931062898811/?type=3&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDkx0EzjhSSoCY7enlCjNXLvs10B_dd1IdBJ9JOPhVj43-hXoZPAgRjYU7__NA9wjfe-Gyxw47A6QerG58Rroc9l1PXd6Y2zHb168XTqR2LI1Po2xbZZ789XmIFhDcXZW9BENxm1-iKKkHSLBvbXsOyIA0qMUVqXyLcZqn0JkK0M_eImW6i5mGjTzqRVxeuaktkkxVxnBkCkPfHTbBnZ_8BD1D3GXsaj7zYcdL_QcjxRjOOf0Ly_TGayte_daCwuEQkT2OPwpLl4-m2sJ31uRmp9QwIlnNzP3Bm6eS0eMYUmoxaPNnbUw&__tn__=-R) to their Facebook post
Would be great if any of these guys do a AEV 3 Kodiak or Wisent 2 armoured engineering vehicle or a Finnish Leopard 2R mine-clearing vehicle. Not holding my breath, though. Probably too obscure. :uuu:
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You were saying:
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:icon_surprised: Whoa! I mean... whoa! :icon_surprised:
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Border Model will release a final production StuG III ausf. G with full interior:
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CFBV
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Border Models is to release a 1:32 scale Avro Lancaster B.Mk. I/III
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"Today we are releasing our first 1/32nd aircraft BF010 Avro Lancaster w/full Interior. When we first saw the 3D model and BOXART of it, we were hooked. Due to the change of events in 2020, we ended up acquiring the molds for this kit. We spent a year doing more testing, fixing, including making instructions without design drawings in order to make this epic kit a success. Finally we finished it. We contacted the artist, Mr. Mark Postlethwaite. and purchased the rights to use the painting from him. It will eventually be marketed as BOXART for this product. Due to many production troubles and mold maintenance issues, the product will be sold in limited quantities worldwide and will not be produced again for a certain period of time afterwards. This Christmas season, it will be available for pre-order all over the world"!.......................................Border Models
This is the Wingnut's mould. IE box art has not changed.
Source 1: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=872466436716346&id=339312286698433 (https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=872466436716346&id=339312286698433)
Source 2: https://aeroscale.net/news/large-scale-lanc-resurrected (https://aeroscale.net/news/large-scale-lanc-resurrected)
Source 3: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235044133-132-avro-lancaster-bmkiiii-by-border-model-ex-wingnut-wings-box-arttest-model-release-december-2021/page/12/ (https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235044133-132-avro-lancaster-bmkiiii-by-border-model-ex-wingnut-wings-box-arttest-model-release-december-2021/page/12/)
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Not my scale, but it's great to see this project taking off despite Wingnut Wings' demise.
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Pre-order at HobbyEasy for $700 Cdn!
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Pre-order at HobbyEasy for $700 Cdn!
Now I'm really, really hoping they'll offer the cockpit section-only kit!
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Chatting with other Canauckistan modelers it appears the street price with be very close to if not $1,000.
The Airfix 1/72 Lancaster is around $52. So why buy 1 model when you can get 19. ;D
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Their 1/35 Bf. 109G-6 is out and lists for $85. Even at the discounted price of $65, it's overpriced.
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Chatting with other Canauckistan modelers it appears the street price with be very close to if not $1,000.
The Airfix 1/72 Lancaster is around $52. So why buy 1 model when you can get 19. ;D
My Bro' builds 1/24 kits, and he said he had money down on a 1/24 scale Lanc'. I think the manufacturer was HK Models and I can't remember what the price of it was. Looking on the internet, Heritage Aviation was in the process of making one too, but that was before Ian shut down most of the operation.
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This was posted back in June. 1/35 AEV 3 Kodiak
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Maybe a tad big for me:
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I wonder if they'll make kits of the rest of the sub. You can put this on tracks and make it a Sea Nazi Tank.
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;D
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This is a very sensible kit for a Submarine of this scale
The Uber Water modellers on Youtube will have a cracking time with it.
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Love the box art! ;D
PLA in San Francisco! ;D ;D
From Google Maps it looks like it's meant to be roughly around the Battery 129 entry tunnels off Conzelman Rd, Sausalito, but, as I've never been there, I could easily be wrong. ;)
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I'm sure the box art will trigger some but I find it simply a "Whiff in a box" ;)
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I'm sure the box art will trigger some but I find it simply a "Whiff in a box" ;)
Whiff in a box? Is that anything like a... (https://youtu.be/Rt0spqQtMKg) :o
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Errr...not quite
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1/35 Japanese Tiger Limited Edition coming:
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I have the Tamiya Japanese Type5 “Chi-Ri” Heavy Tank (the “Japanese Tiger”). One built & taken to the USA but now back in Japan.
Reverse Lend-Lease for the Axis ? do it in German markings :D
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1/35 Japanese Tiger Limited Edition coming:
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A partner for this:
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(Only easier to swap the driver & radio operator's positions!)
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Just the Chinese reminding the West that "Resistance is Futile!" but putting a Soviet hammer-&-sickle on it, instead of a Chinese/Soviet Red Star.
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It's mildly ridiculous with that turret - two guns and a very un-Russian/Soviet external ammo bustle. How are you going to make Russian popcorn with that setup? The hammer and sickle and all the excess gear. make it look too war-gamey. But that aside, it looks like good whiff fodder if you want an articulated tank. Put an M-60 or similar western turret on it...
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Pure wank fantasy. Might be able to use parts.
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If I get one, it'll be an immediate parts donor, but some of those parts are pretty cool...
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I wonder if the turret can go orbital ------ >:D >:D >:D
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Sadly no, unless they do us a favor and move either the rounds or the propellant charges to their proper Russian location under the turret.
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It's mildly ridiculous with that turret - two guns and a very un-Russian/Soviet external ammo bustle. How are you going to make Russian popcorn with that setup? The hammer and sickle and all the excess gear. make it look too war-gamey. But that aside, it looks like good whiff fodder if you want an articulated tank. Put an M-60 or similar western turret on it...
When I saw the embossing on the glacis, my first thought was the old Command and Conquer computer game. The quad track also reminded me of a tank from an old anime series, Techno Police 21C
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52291336892_85c5710f01.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nENLE1)T Police 21C Temzin tank (https://flic.kr/p/2nENLE1) by VileDr.Yo (https://www.flickr.com/photos/46965833@N07/), on Flickr
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It's like a weird amalgamation of some tank tropes - both real and fantasy - to make a new tank. Bit of IS-2 (glacis and area under turret), bow may also be nod to Objekt 279, double gun from Gundam and/or C&C, two tracks from weird Cold War studies (although those were articulated, unlike this), axes (???) and exhausts from WH40k probably, Grad rocket or Pantsir missile packs, drums because Soviet/Russian tanks won't work without....
I mean, I have no problem with whiffs-from-the-box (enough with the Nazi wankery, tho, please), but this seems... a mess somehow. Steel moulds cost loads of money. Some projects are deemed too risky. And then there's... this. Apparently Border Model think "post-Apocalypse" is the next big thing in modelling and there's a buck to be made.
Could be interesting to get one and whif the whif to make it a bit more convincing. Shorten hull a bit and use one track per side. Proper exhaust(s). Dump the stupid axes. Keep two main guns to leave it just a bit mad. ;D
The Modelling News has an article (LINK! (https://www.themodellingnews.com/2022/08/border-models-new-apocalypse-tank-where.html)) that includes a short video with an animated CAD assembly of the tank. Pretty nifty!
<....>Put an M-60 or similar western turret on it...
The engine deck and running gear looks very Patton-ish already, no?
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Craig - I hadn't seen the Techno Police 21C; looks a lot like it.
Moritz - I noticed the Objekt 279 bow. I agree with your other assessments, including the excessive World of Tanks inspired NAZI wankery.
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Mould life extension exercise maybe with various bits of other vehicles. The sprue layout would determine if all new mould or other bits.
Still as a few of you have already said... there is promise in there
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I'm convinced it's a propaganda piece, as the Chinese, Japanese & Russian subtitles translate to "Soviet heavy tank Apocalypse" (note: not post-apocalypse), with Apocalypse appearing to be the name of the tank type.
It would fit with a lot of other things I've been seeing over the last few years with model products coming out of China & Russia.
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It's mildly ridiculous with that turret - two guns and a very un-Russian/Soviet external ammo bustle. How are you going to make Russian popcorn with that setup? The hammer and sickle and all the excess gear. make it look too war-gamey. But that aside, it looks like good whiff fodder if you want an articulated tank. Put an M-60 or similar western turret on it...
When I saw the embossing on the glacis, my first thought was the old Command and Conquer computer game. The quad track also reminded me of a tank from an old anime series, Techno Police 21C
([url]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52291336892_85c5710f01.jpg[/url]) ([url]https://flic.kr/p/2nENLE1[/url])T Police 21C Temzin tank ([url]https://flic.kr/p/2nENLE1[/url]) by VileDr.Yo ([url]https://www.flickr.com/photos/46965833@N07/[/url]), on Flickr
I actually like the turret on that Border Apocalypse kit but I would probably get rid of the side rocket launchers and use the turret on a different hull. I probably wouldn't use the rest of the kit.
The overall shape of the turret on the Border Apocalypse kit looks like a heavily modified T-14 Armata turret. The T-14 turret in unmanned though.
(http://i.imgur.com/NAPSCFh.jpg) (https://imgur.com/NAPSCFh)
(http://i.imgur.com/rV1Q0To.jpg) (https://imgur.com/rV1Q0To)
(http://i.imgur.com/Il2yT5L.jpg) (https://imgur.com/Il2yT5L)
Don't forget about the Bandai M61A5 with the twin main guns as well.
(http://i.imgur.com/5eKwvvl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/5eKwvvl)
I tried to get one of those Techno Police tank kits many years ago but the prices have always been way out of my reach.
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Lots of promise in that kit. Shame the hull is all one-piece - I'd cut it apart & make it an articulated tank - turret, ammo & driver in front half, engine & fuel in rear ... like the Swedish UDES XX20 :D
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Pavesi articulated wheeled tanks.
:smiley: ;D
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The Apocalypse tank is based on the Soviet tank of the same name from the video games Red Alert 2
and Red Alert 3.
https://cnc.fandom.com/wiki/Apocalypse_tank_(Red_Alert_2)
Concept art for the game.
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CFBVs
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Hmmm...basis for tank armed with missiles in articulated launcher?
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Hmmm...basis for tank armed with missiles in articulated launcher?
Holy Praying Mantis, Batman!
(https://preview.redd.it/ymyke5wfcn201.jpg?auto=webp&s=5a14cbdc0a0badaab93557b38ef9fcf8f3a931c9)
My first thought was an enormous single claw, and small laser turrets on the front corners. Also, the tool & equipment boxes on
the back end become box missile launchers.
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Hmmm...basis for tank armed with missiles in articulated launcher?
I like your thinking! :smiley: The boxes on the Kodiak's back remind of the Challenger with Trigat proposal.
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This one?
(https://external-preview.redd.it/rxeMNhOAwdVER8WDIRLCiV0G7WnAD54A20ngi-_Auvg.jpg?auto=webp&s=b9dbeed4afd8befc654f38f7001e3a2270ce22b1)
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That's the one! :smiley:
Might also be a smart idea to use a set-up like this with Stinger or Starstreak. Should be easier to maintain line of sight (Starstreak) from a couple of meters up or just give a wider view (both) with less chance for the attacker to use ground masking to hide. Maybe even something like an IRST sight atop the mast?
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There have been similar proposals using SAMs including some with ADATS or Stinger. As it was, PARS 3 LR/TRIGAT-LR does have an anti-helicopter as well as anti-tank capability.
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That's the first image I've seen of the HOT (?) with a set of reloads over the engine deck.
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That's the first image I've seen of the HOT (?) with a set of reloads over the engine deck.
Here's another (photoshopped?) one:
(https://scontent.fbne5-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/64486918_2394363657450304_3756802323238617088_n.jpg?stp=cp0_dst-jpg_e15_q65_s640x640&_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=1480c5&_nc_ohc=atmdrqMIl0oAX9tJ3Bq&_nc_ht=scontent.fbne5-1.fna&oh=00_AT_Tyz9CVbXu3zFb2YkT1JiHSI-RKEsQ5RMdqIyB-W3-Vg&oe=635B5771)
It was planned to use the TRIGAT LR (https://www.army-technology.com/projects/lr_trigat/) missile not HOT.
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That's the first image I've seen of the HOT (?) with a set of reloads over the engine deck.
Here's another (photoshopped?) one:
(https://scontent.fbne5-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/64486918_2394363657450304_3756802323238617088_n.jpg?stp=cp0_dst-jpg_e15_q65_s640x640&_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=1480c5&_nc_ohc=atmdrqMIl0oAX9tJ3Bq&_nc_ht=scontent.fbne5-1.fna&oh=00_AT_Tyz9CVbXu3zFb2YkT1JiHSI-RKEsQ5RMdqIyB-W3-Vg&oe=635B5771)
It was planned to use the TRIGAT LR (https://www.army-technology.com/projects/lr_trigat/) missile not HOT.
The pack at the back looks more like an alternative load judging by the tube arrangement.
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A different approach with the article;ated launcher might be to use an ADATS conversion and thus produce something akin to this:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/e68/GTwiner/128099106_195995652028900_5651549252255813909_n.jpg)
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The kit I was expecting. The box art not so much...!
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Oh thank the gods, Voyager has released a PE update set...I can finally make it look realistic... ;)
(https://armorama.com/upload/media/entries/2022-12/16/3216-entry-0-1671190131.jpg)
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Finally a subject that is not over represented
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1/35 FW190A-6 coming:
(https://i.postimg.cc/vTCLm06R/7e6fd555b319ebc4b1098f5cc726cffc1f171664.jpg)
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1/35 Sd.Kfz. 164 Nashorn coming:
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Be able to stretch the Japanese themed vehicles a bit further, Panthers, Mk IV. Re-box, re-decal, re-release.
I do like that you get plants as well ;)
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Be able to stretch the Japanese themed vehicles a bit further, Panthers, Mk IV. Re-box, re-decal, re-release.
I do like that you get plants as well ;)
Panther's been done! ;)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/German-Pattern-75mm-Type-5-Tank/i-CKLqTh9/0/7c564e8d/L/IMG_2104a-L.jpg)
They forgot to swap the driver & Radio Operator/Bow Gunner's positions in the Tiger, though!
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Oh thank the gods, Voyager has released a PE update set...I can finally make it look realistic... ;)
(https://armorama.com/upload/media/entries/2022-12/16/3216-entry-0-1671190131.jpg)
I'd dreaming about taking teh lower hull and slicing the front & rear track sets into two parts, and then installing them under the Bandai EFGF M353A4 hover truck. But Gingie, what a waste of a kit?! No, because the turret would go on a CB-90 attack boat, complete with dual bbl, although cut way down to represent dual 120mm mortars, similar to real life.
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The lower part of the hull, with the track sections, could be sliced. The upper hull would be tough since both the turret ring and some of the supports are right at the joint between the front and rear
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The lower part of the hull, with the track sections, could be sliced. The upper hull would be tough since both the turret ring and some of the supports are right at the joint between the front and rear
No problem, just cut the upper & lower hulls separately as needed & build the needed infill sections from plasticard. I may give it ago if the kit isn't too expensive to buy ... & if I can find one in my country.
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It's an expensive kit - wait for it to be on sale (that's what I did)
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Imperial Japanese Army 280 mm Howitzer 1905 Russo-Japanese War (expected late August)
(https://d26qn1y84zs32g.cloudfront.net/pics/BT-030.jpg?t=1687880191)
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Spit looks to be a little outnumbered. :icon_crap:
What is an "air bomb"? ???
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What is an "air bomb"? ???
I think they probably mean an aerial bomb as in a bomb dropped from an aircraft...or maybe they have somehow managed to model a fart? ;D
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Just noticed it is 1/35.
I know that Helicopters have been coming out in 35th, but this is way more mainstream. How is the reception in the aircraft modelling community in the switch from 32nd?
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Spit looks to be a little outnumbered. :icon_crap:
Yup. Great box art ... but I get the impression that Jason Wong just doesn't like Brits :o
Come on, BP+N, chuck 'er around a bit ... you've got Huns on yer tail!
Mind you, even the Border kit number starts with "BF" ...
What is an "air bomb"? ???
Some things just shouldn't be modelled :P
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Seems a strange scale for an aircraft kit. Maybe they're catering for those of us with slowly failing eyesight? ???
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There was a push, some years ago, now, to "metricise" scale modelling with 1/150. 1/100, 1/75, 1/50, 1/35 & 1/25 scale kits.
Only the 1/35 scale really stuck, for armoured kits, & 1/25, for some car kits.
Looks like Border Models is trying to create their own 1/35 aircraft niche.
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1/35 A6M Zero in work:
(https://aeroscale.net/upload/media/entries/2023-10/14/3712-entry-0-1697275462.jpg)
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If the Grizzly is anything like their Apocalypse tank, I'll get one. That was such a fun build.
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1/35 Leopard 2 A7V coming:
(https://armorama.com/upload/media/entries/2023-11/21/5662-entry-0-1700554344.jpg)
(https://armorama.com/upload/media/entries/2023-11/21/5662-entry-1-1700554344.jpg)
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Re the boxart: I for one support buying Bayraktar TB2s for the Bundeswehr. :smiley:
Leopard 2A7V in grey CAD colours or in NATO 3-tone camouflage? Boring! How about some proper A7V colours?
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d9/05/65/d90565c374b9a7d27342a6044d9af329.jpg)
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:smiley:
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561 Herkules and 506 Mephisto patterns get my vote.
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561 Herkules and 506 Mephisto patterns get my vote.
I would love to see a Leo2 in 501 Gretchen scheme
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1/35 He111 H-6 coming:
(https://aeroscale.net/upload/media/entries/2024-01/01/3942-entry-0-1704107198.jpg)
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More details (https://www.themodellingnews.com/2024/01/border-models-flying-start-to-2024-he.html)
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The kit I was expecting. The box art not so much...!
I suspect that the prop on the #1 engine is now decapitating the 109 pilot.
Saw one on the shelf at my local, retailing for almost $1,100 Cdn. Nope nope nope, nopity nope nope. If I'm going to spend that much, I want something that I can sit in and fly.
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